Totally convinced the Steelers are gonna have some awful years ahead. They are keeping all their old and bad players and letting all the young, good players walk. And they are making a habit of bringing retreads back to the organization.

I'm sorry, but keeping players like Hampton, Harrison, Foote and now signing William gay while letting players like Keenan Lewis walk is not only bad, it flat out sucks....

I don't think the Steelers will be satisfied until half of their defense can apply for their AARP cards.

I'm still waiting for the 'Great Purge of 2013' by the Steelers as Kevin Colbert said after going 8-8, you need to change. Hopefully Gay's signing doesn't cement the loss of Lewis because I'm not sold just yet on Cortez Allen as someone who is capable of starting and no way with Curtis Brown.

How are the Steelers able to negotiate / sign Willie Gay when free agency doesn't begin until the 12th? Is it because he was released from his prior team, therefore making him eligible to negotiate immediately?

Looks like the problem is that they're in such cap hell, that cutting Harrison, Colon and Kiesel wont help much anyway. They keep exasperating the problem by renogotiationg Woodley, Timmon and Roethlisberger every year, they're in this situation for the forseeable future.

Nothing has really worked out for them recently, and cause of that they look they're on a downward spiral. Losing Lewis and Wallace sucks, but the real problem in my opinion is Heyward and Hood being middling starters and the overpays on Colon (wtf), woodley and timmons.

They're basically in a "cross your fingers" and hope mode for the near term. But, you'd think it would be a given that guys making a lot of money would be good and also that first round picks would be atleast competent starters. So I guess if you trust the front office, you can trust the possiblity of a comeback season next year.

They have a lot of older, expensive players who clog up the cap and they're going to have problems until they can get rid of some of these guys. It started last year with Farrior and Ward and should continue this year with Foote, Starks, Hampton and Colon (if there's a God). I don't think any of those four are huge losses but it's a cumulative effect of jettisoning experienced players all at once. The real problem is it keeps them from keeping their own young talented players like Wallace and Lewis and instead means they have to get retreads. I'm sure the Patriots will be appreciative of the Steelers' generosity once they sign Wallace.